Electric sign.



No. 842,954. PATBNTED FEB. 5, 1907.

G. HOWE.

ELECTRIC SIGN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16, 1900.

WITNESSES INVENTOR W i: BY W m'w/w z 2f AHURNEY said! Character and at t e same time il umi 1 UNITE STATES PA T] OFFICE.

ENGINEERING OOMPAN Y, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

ELECTRIC SIGN. 5

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I,'GEORGE HowE, a citi- .zen'of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Electric Signs, of

- stamping or the like above the general surface of a metal sheet; second, utilizing the raised character as a projecting pedestal or support for electric incandescent lamps, which thus become dis osed in the sha e of Fig. 2 shows two of such plates disposedin' juxtaposition in a suitable frame, the incandescent lamps being. in place in the openin s. Fig.3 is a section on the line a; at, Fig. 1 a soshowing the lamps in place.

Similar numbers of reference indicate like parts. "i"

1 is a'sheet of metal upon which is integrally formed, by any suitable striking-up means, a character, here the letter U. In

the protrud' struck portion forming said letter are ma e circular openings 2, o sultable size to'receive the sockets 3 of incanmeansas, for example, screws 5 descent electric lamps 4. ,Said sockets may be secured in said openings by any suitable ass ng througha flange 6 on each socket, sai flange bearing on the back of the plate. It willbe -observed that by reason of the protrusion of the struck-up portion the lamp-sockets may all lie in the recess or dGPI'GSSlOIYOIl the rear side of the plate, and hence do not protrude beyond the flat or non-struck-up part thereof. This renders the sign more compact and protects the sockets; As shown in Fi 2,

two or, more of such plates may be-hel be- Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March'16,1906 Seria,1II0.-30 6,34 6.

-to constitute a definite Sign. sid

'acters.

Patented Fees, 1907;

other desired way,.so that successive letters may be grouped to forma wordor otherwise The fiat part of the plate on the expose e is preferably covered with an enamel-dark in color, and

" GEORGE HowE; OF NEW YORK, 'N. Y., AssIcNoR'To METROPOLITAN hence more absorptive of light-rays than the struck-up portion, which maybe'enameled white, so t at the rays of the lamps will be strongly reflected from the letters or char- In producing the struck-up letters it is preferable that their edges should'be' rounded; as shown at 9. ,The result then is that ghe light-rays will be diffused-over the round- (1 portions, so that the letter will be visible and legible; even when viewed at a small angle to the plane of the plate. This is an im- J portant advantage, which is not gained when the front surface of the letteris flat and lies in a plane. ata sharp right angle to its sides. The

said sides 'are then always in shadow, and

the flat outer surface, as the angle'of view with respect to the plane of the plate diminishes, so rapidly becomes reduced in apparent width that the form of the character quickly becomes unrecognizable. Another advantage, is cheapness of production, since the struck-up character can easily befpro- 'ducedby dies. monly exposed to the weather, another important feature is the absence of any joints, either in the letter itself or in the junction of letter and plate into which moisture can errter and produce rust.

vitreous enamel can be applied much more conveniently to the continuous surfaces. Even when the lamps are not in operation the'iraised letter will stand out much more clearly from the plate than when it is simply marked on the fiat surface. I I claim+ 1. As a new article sheet and provided with openings. in said struck-up portion to receive the sockets of electric incandesbent lamps;

Hence the durability of the sign isv greatly increased. So,- also, a-

As electric signs are com- Q of manufacture, a 5 metal sheet having an integral character or letter formed by striking up the metal of said 2. The combination of a metal sheet hav ing an integral character or letter formed by striking up the metal of said sheet and ro= vided with openings on said struck-up 0 ar-- acter, and incandescent-lamp sockets disposed in the recess formed on the rear side of Witnesses:

the sheet by said struck-up character and AZ A. POPE,-

secured in said openings. 1 WALTER NEU'MULLER.

signaturein presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE HOWE.

In testimony virhoreof I hat/ e affixed my 

